Ron Paul quotes

“Capitalism should not be condemned, since we haven't had capitalism.”

— Ron Paul

“Justifying conscription to promote the cause of liberty is one of the most bizarre notions ever conceived by man! Forced servitude, with the risk of death and serious injury as a price to live free, makes no sense.”

— Ron Paul

“You don't have freedom because you are a hyphenated American; you have freedom because you are an individual, and that should be protected.”

— Ron Paul

“To me, to be a conservative means to conserve the good parts of America and to conserve our Constitution.”

— Ron Paul

“Just think of what Woodrow Wilson stood for: he stood for world government. He wanted an early United Nations, League of Nations. But it was the conservatives, Republicans, that stood up against him.”

— Ron Paul

“The obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars, while bringing bankruptcy and economic turmoil to our people.”

— Ron Paul

“Believe me, the intellectual revolution is going on, and that has to come first before you see the political changes. That's where I'm very optimistic.”

— Ron Paul

“Back a hundred years ago, especially around Woodrow Wilson, what happened in this country is we took freedom and we chopped it into pieces.”

— Ron Paul

“War is never economically beneficial except for those in position to profit from war expenditures.”

— Ron Paul

“I think a submarine is a very worthwhile weapon. I believe we can defend ourselves with submarines and all our troops back at home. This whole idea that we have to be in 130 countries and 900 bases... is an old-fashioned idea.”

— Ron Paul

“In time it will become clear to everyone that support for the policies of pre-emptive war and interventionist nation-building will have much greater significance than the removal of Saddam Hussein itself.”

— Ron Paul

“I had the privilege of practicing medicine in the early '60s, before we had any government. It worked rather well, and there was nobody on the street suffering with no medical care.”

— Ron Paul

“When things go badly, individuals look for scapegoats. I just do not believe that barbed-wire fences or guns on our border will solve any of our problems.”

— Ron Paul

“As recent as the year 2000 we won elections by saying we shouldn't be the policemen of the world, and that we should not be nation building. And its time we got those values back into this country.”

— Ron Paul

“During the last campaign I knew what was happening. You know, they mocked me for my foreign policy and they laughed at my monetary policy. No more. No more.”

— Ron Paul

“I have never met anyone who did not support our troops. Sometimes, however, we hear accusations that someone or some group does not support the men and women serving in our Armed Forces. But this is pure demagoguery, and it is intellectually dishonest.”

— Ron Paul

“The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence.”

— Ron Paul

“Think of what happened after 9/11, the minute before there was any assessment, there was glee in the administration because now we can invade Iraq, and so the war drums beat.”

— Ron Paul

“You don't quit because you happen to be behind. You want to see how you do. And who knows? Maybe somebody will stumble.”

— Ron Paul

“I have some help on tweeting.”

— Ron Paul

“I would say that I'm pretty mainstream.”

— Ron Paul

“I'd like to think of myself as the flavor of the decade.”

— Ron Paul

“There's nothing wrong with being a Conservative and coming up with a Conservative believe in foreign policy where we have a strong national defense and we don't go to war so carelessly.”

— Ron Paul

“Throughout the 20th century, the Republican Party benefited from a non-interventionist foreign policy. Think of how Eisenhower came in to stop the Korean War. Think of how Nixon was elected to stop the mess in Vietnam.”

— Ron Paul

“What is not conservative about saying, 'Don't go to war unless we go to war properly with a full declaration of war and no other way?'”

— Ron Paul